Original cars tend to look a little tired, what with decades-old paint and upholstery, but it appears this 1965 Rambler Marlin for sale on Hemmings.com, with its outstanding two-tone green paint and upholstery, has benefited from an attentive preservationist over the years. From the seller’s description:

Number 1,914 built. This Marlin is completely stock and sports the fantastic two tone blue color scheme, which best highlights the design and lines, as seen on the cover of the 1965 Motor Trend and Road & Track magazines. It sits completely original. Photos show an aftermarket steering wheel, but the original does come with the car. It has power steering, Flashomatic transmission, and Duo Costic rear speakers.

I have spent the money making the car a solid driver, so you do not have to. Below is a list of work completed: * All new shocks * Full brake job front and rear * Gas tank removed, sealed, reinstalled * Oil/filter change, new plugs, fuel filter, air filter * rebuilt carb and intake cleaned out * Radiator completely re-cored, new hoses, belt * New battery/cable and more

The Marlin is titled, licensed and insured in my name in CA. A generic outdoor car cover, and the two 1965 magazines are included.

The seller states that the car “sits completely original,” and then in the next sentence draws attention to the aftemarket steering wheel…a bit contradictory. That aside, it’s a neat and distinctive car, and the price seems reasonable. However, I’d hold out for a different color combo and a manual transmission.

I remember when the Marlin came out. I was quite impressed with it overall. A few were sold in our region although they didn’t stick around. Trouble with our area, which is still mostly rural, people respected AMC but they seldom bought one, because it was another ‘Rambler.’ That’s really too bad because AMC produced as good (sometimes better) a product as the Big Three.

Few styling cues scream mid-sixties like a fastback roof. The Marlin and the Barracuda where early adopters, followed by the Mustang 2+2 and within a couple of years, the Charger and even the big Impala were into it. The trend especially stands out on the larger cars and I love it. Nice lookin’ Marlin here.

There’s an Avanti for sale about a mile from my home (Dexter Mi -been out front of a house all week with a for Sale sign in the window. It looks really nice (Teal). Looks like the original Studebaker one to me…PS I loved Marlins.

I also own an all original ’65 Marlin, #51. I can verify the attention it gets everywhere here in Massachusetts. Mine has the Florida Marlins colors: turquoise & white. The owner doesn’t state if it has the 327 c.i.or the smaller 287 c.i.. The Marlin & the Corvette were the only production cars in ’65 to have front disc brakes. I’m very proud of my 79k mi. “Rambler”

Beautiful from the windshield back but then just stuck a standard flat faced Rambler American front end on it. I do like it but they should’ve put as much imagination into the front end styling as they did the rear and interior.

Always liked these from the first one I saw as a kid, in the Rambler dealer my parents bought from. However I really wished that they, AMC, had gone with the American based Tarpon show car rather then the Classic based Marlin. Think it would have held its own against all the Pony cars of the era, better than this design.

……nicely worded ad, but very little said about it’s actual condition…….all the recent work was obviously done out of necessity to make it driveable………but it sure looks good in the photos and looks pretty original. A true believer should buy this and keep it that way. Twenty years from now you’ll still be the only one at the cruise-in. You’ll need some three spoke mags to show off those disc brakes, though.

One of the best cars of the 60′s I have owned was a low mileage (43K) 1967 Marlin. That thing travelled like a same year Caddie, and turned out to be the bargain of the century. I hope someone has grabbed this blue one. I believe there’s a ton of fun left in it and its definitely not another cookie cutter like everyone craves.

I have a friend who has two 1965 Rambler Marlins. One was a Red and White Marlin with a straight six engine and column-mounted automatic shifter, while the Red and Black Marlin had a V8 engine and an automatic with floor-mounted shift control. I didn’t get to ride in the six cylinder Marlin, but I did get to ride in the V8 Marlin, nicknamed Marley (as in Bob Marley), and I loved riding in it.